Sep 19, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Higher Education Leadership, M.A.


This 100% online program is designed to prepare candidates to step to the higher education forefront and make an impact on the student community. Candidates will learn about campus culture, college students, and fiscal management while concurrently practicing the skills to teach, practice, and apply principles of creative problem solving, conflict resolution, leadership and ethics.

Degree Requirements


A minimum of 36 credit hours: 15 credit hours of core courses, 15 credit hours in Higher Education Leadership courses and six credit hours of electives.

Speaker Series


Higher Education Leadership students are required to attend at least two of the Speaker series events throughout their time in the program. The Speaker Series events are offered virtually/online on Saturday mornings – once each fall and spring academic semester. These Speakers Series events allow our Higher Education professionals to engage in conversations around current topics in higher education. Recent topics have included:

  • Competency Based Education
  • Disruptive Practices in Higher Education
  • Dreamers and Higher Education
  • Excelling as an Assistant/Associate Dean
  • Leadership and Character
  • Leading Strategic Change in Academic Institutions
  • Navigating a Path to Leadership in Higher Education
  • Open Education Resources
  • Panel Presentations Featuring Leaders in Higher Education
  • The Role of the University in a Changing World
  • Supporting Diverse Students in Third Spaces
  • Supporting First Generation Students
  • Trauma-Informed Practices
  • University/Colleges and Community Collaborations